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  1. Analysis of EDM Performance, through a Thermal–Electrical Model with a Trunk-Conical Discharge Channel, Using a Steel Tool and an Aluminium Workpiece

    Article • Materials, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  2. Comparison between EDM and grinding machining on fatigue behaviour of AISI D2 tool steel

    Article • International Journal of Fatigue, October 2020, Elsevier

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  3. How Hydrogen Dielectric Strength Forces the Work Voltage in the Electric Discharge Machining

    Article • Micromachines, May 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor José Duarte Marafona, Antonio Lopes

  4. MACHINABILITY OF PURE METALS BY ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING

    Article • March 2018, Revista Produção e Desenvolvimento

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  5. 7. Effect of Electrical Resistivity on the Electrical Discharge Machining Process

    Article • January 2016, De Gruyter

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  6. Electrical discharge machining plasma developed in a solid or gaseous medium

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture, August 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  7. Heat treatment of aluminum extrusion dies and study of their heating by convection/radiation

    Article • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  8. The effect of deionisation time on the electrical discharge machining performance

    Article • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  9. The Importance of Servo Reference Voltage on Multiple Discharges

    Article • Procedia CIRP, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  10. EDM performance is affected by the white layer

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  11. Influence of workpiece hardness on EDM performance

    Article • International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, July 2009, Elsevier

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  12. Black layer affects the thermal conductivity of the surface of copper–tungsten electrode

    Article • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, July 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  13. Black layer characterisation and electrode wear ratio in electrical discharge machining (EDM)

    Article • Journal of Materials Processing Technology, April 2007, Elsevier

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  14. A finite element model of EDM based on the Joule effect

    Article • International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor José Duarte Marafona

  15. A new method of optimising material removal rate using EDM with copper–tungsten electrodes

    Article • International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, January 2000, Elsevier

    Professor José Duarte Marafona